Paraphyly=mistakes? (There's the rub)

[David Orlovich]

on 9/1/02 8:57 AM, Dr. James Adams at jadams at EM.DALTONSTATE.EDU wrote:

... if the person using a specific grouping *knows* that
> grouping is paraphyletic, and, under appropriate circumstances, passes that
> information along to the audience, there shouldn't really be any
> problem.  If some want to call this a mistake, that's their choice.


Does that also mean then that saying "koala bear" is acceptable even though
koalas are not bears but marsupials?

David Orlovich.